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All posts for the month September, 2008

Much of America has been experiencing this Presidential campaign as a "reality show". That’s how most of the media has been presenting it. They want to entertain people– get more viewers, sell more products. They don’t want to bore us with issues. That’s why they are sure to show us the latest lying smear by McCain’s campaign, just in case we didn’t see it as a paid ad, or talk about irrelevant non-candidates like Jeremiah Wright, or cheap political tricks like Sarah Palin. They report on the campaign like it’s a horse race, or an episode of American Idol.

Meanwhile, back in Reality, we’re approaching an opportunity to actually save America from the disastrous path it has been on for the last 8 years (a path that started long before that, but which, under Bush, changed from a back road to a freeway.). This has not been just another backwards Republican Presidency. This has been a real attempt to change our nation from a republic into an empire– the PNAC vision of the US controlling the world for it’s own profit, and changing citizens from BEING the government to SUBJECTS of an authoritative administration. Yes, we can LOSE our freedom, bit by bit. Our right to privacy, our right to a fair trial, our freedom from cruel and unusual punishment, the separation of church and state, and even our freedom of speech have been threatened and disrespected.

Our foreign policy seems designed to infuriate the rest of the world. We are feared, but not respected. With hundreds of thousands dead as a result of pointless invasions and occupations, we have created chaos and multiplied the hate in the middle east. Our so-called diplomacy has become obnoxious at best, and aggressive at worst. This is not what the Land of the Free is supposed to be about, and it needs to STOP.

We need to get serious about changing the course of our nation. We need to stop listening to lies from both Bush and McCain and take our rights and our country back.

If anyone out there is still worrying about what race Barack Obama is, you need to realize that we’re all in this together. Your prejudices only help the greedy corporate leeches and the anti-democratic authoritarians divide and conquer the rest of us. I don’t think racism is a major factor anymore, but I would like to see us ALL come together. This election may be the most important one in the last 50 years.